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For those viewing this thread and considering CCWs, there are several considerations for choosing finish and spoke pattern based on driving style. Some owners race their cars, some daily drive their Corvette and some keep their cars in show quality cleanliness.
If your driving style would make it difficult to keep bare polished wheels looking good, one can consider powder coating and/or clear ceramic coating.
I've seen a few on here who have powder coated the barrels a darker color than the face in order to make brake dust less noticeable.
If one keeps their brake components spotless, an open spoke design like SP500 will really show that off. When both the brake components and wheels shine, the look has more depth and pop than clean wheels alone.
If one isn't going to clean the barrels regularly nor keep the brake components free of rust, then a spoke design like classics will be much more forgiving.
But there's no "wrong" combination. Some here will offer suggestions for making your car "better". You can take the advice or leave it.
Use your own. Start with high grit like 400 and scuff away the CCW logo if that's what you're looking to do here. Once gone, step it up to 800, 1k, 2k, 3k, etc to the finish you desire to match the rest of the wheel.
I bought this car bone stock and modified it somewhat, mostly from advice from this forum and also, being in New Zealand, importing many parts from forum sponsors! It wasnt cheap freight wise let me tell you. I sold this car to the first person who saw it as I figured I would as it had something like 50,000km on the speedo and was in superb condition inside and out. Despite selling it 3 years ago and moving to the dark side I still hang around in OT.
11-20-2020, 11:53 AM
